Re: Last NSS commit is very dangerous

From: Melvyn Sopacua (freebsd-current_at_webteckies.org)
Date: 03/31/04

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    To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, current@freebsd.org
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:29:48 +0200

    On Wednesday 31 March 2004 22:21, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
    > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:02:41PM +0200, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
    > > On Wednesday 31 March 2004 20:39, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
    > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:31:32PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
    > > > > Symptoms are: base system programs can't find user and group names,
    > > > > libc resolver not resolve anything.
    > > > >
    > > > > When I return
    > > > > net/nsdispatch.c
    > > > > net/nss_compat.c
    > > > > include/nss_tls.h
    > > > > to their previous versions, all works normally as before.
    > > >
    > > > I'd really like DETAILS from anyone else encountering any difficulties
    > > > after yesterday's NSS commit. I have so far been unable to reproduce
    > > > the issue, nor has the patch submitter been able to reproduce it.
    > >
    > > It may or may not be related, but this december 2003 thread[1] hit me
    >
    > We're talking about bugs that appeared after *yesterday's* commit.

    The relevant kernel is from last Saturday, but I only noticed this yesterday.
    Sorry for the noise - I'll update and report back if yesterday's commit at
    least *fixes* that issue, or that this is still broken. 

    -- 
Melvyn
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